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Irene Kadzere-Forichi

Activity areas

  • Nutrition sensitive, resilient smallholder agricultural systems
  • Action Research Advisor and FiBL’s Africa Ambassador
  • Training materials development
  • Project coordination and networking
  • Evidence-based policy

Projects

StatusFiBLTitleStartEnd
completed CH Evaluation of the Ecological Organic Agriculture Initiative of the African Union (EOA-I Evaluation) 01.04.2022 21.10.2022
ongoing CH Markets and Seeds Access Project for Small Grains and Legumes in Zambia and Zimbabwe (MASAP) 01.12.2021 30.11.2033
completed CH Organic Influencer Marketing - Improving Market Access for Farmers and Strengthening Demand for Organic Products through Social Media in Kenya 01.07.2021 31.12.2023
completed CHDE Green Innovation Centres for the Agriculture and Food Sector – Organic Working Group 01.02.2021 31.01.2023
completed CH Knowledge Centre for Organic Agriculture and Agroecology in Africa (KCOA) 01.04.2020 29.02.2024
completed CH Regional Knowledge Hub for Organic Agriculture in East Africa: a pilot on transforming farmer access to organic training materials and information through digitalization 01.03.2020 30.06.2022
completed CH Training materials and courses for best practices in organic and dynamic Cocoa Agroforestry systems 01.11.2019 30.09.2022
completed CH Knowledge transfer to ICS certified producer groups in selected African countries within the framework of GIZ SI training and employment (Africa ICS GIZ) 15.10.2019 31.12.2020
completed CH Linking organic farmers in Muranga, Kenya, to markets through value chain, agribusiness and technical capacity development (Africa ProEco PMCA Bachmann) 01.10.2019 31.08.2022
completed CH Drivers and potential health impacts of dietary and nutrition practices and choices in Kirinyaga and Muranga counties, Kenya (Nutridecisions) 01.10.2019 31.10.2021
completed DECH Green Innovation Centres for the Agriculture and Food Sector – Organic Working Group 01.01.2019 31.12.2020
completed CHDE Green Innovation Centres in the Agriculture and Food Sector - Working Group on Organic Agriculture 01.08.2017 31.01.2023
completed ATCH Organic Food Systems Africa (OFSA) 01.03.2016 28.02.2019
completed CH Mid-term Evaluation Biotrade South Africa Project 01.09.2014 31.12.2014
completed CH Productivity and Profitability of Organic and Conventional Farming Systems 01.07.2013 31.12.2019
completed CH African Organic Farming Training Manual 01.10.2009 31.12.2015

Training / professional career

  • Since 2023 Serving as FiBL’s Africa Ambassador
  • Since 2012 Senior scientist, consultant and project coordinator at FiBL Switzerland
  • 2017 - 2020 Masters of Advanced Studies (MAS) degree in Nutrition and Health, Department of Health Sciences and Technology, Swiss Federal Institute of Technology, Zurich, Switzerland
  • 2011 - February 2012 Independent Consultant
  • November 2011 The Art of Intercultural Collaboration, Center for Information, Counseling and Training for Professions relating to International Cooperation, Bienne, Switzerland
  • 2008 - 2010 Agronomist at the Regional Emergency Office for Southern Africa, Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), South Africa
  • 2006 - 2007 Country Representative and Horticulturist for the Zimbabwe SADC/ICRAF Agroforestry Programme, World Agroforestry Centre
  • 2001 - 2005 PhD in Pomology, Rockefeller Foundation Fellow, Cornell University, USA
  • 1998 - 2001 Senior Research Officer on Agroforestry, Agronomy Research Institute, Zimbabwe Ministry of Agriculture  and Zimbabwe SADC/ICRAF Agroforestry Programme, World Agroforestry Center
  • 1996 - 1997 Research Officer on Fruit Trees, Horticultural Research Center, Marondera, Zimbabwe Ministry of Agriculture
  • 1994 - 1995 Master of science in Land and Water Management (Option: Irrigation Water Management), Silsoe College, UK
  • 1992 - 1993 Research Officer on Fruit Trees, Horticultural Research Centre, Marondera, Zimbabwe Ministry of Agriculture
  • 1989 - 1991 Bachelor of science in Agriculture (Crop Science), University of Zimbabwe

Teaching

  • ETH Zurich NADEL - once per year or once in 2 years

Publications

Publications in the Organic Eprints archive